Lloyd Austin: “What happens in Ukraine and what happens in Israel matters not to just Ukraine and Israel, it matters to us.”

in the fiscal year 2024 budget we asked you for a 5.2 percent pay raise, and that is the largest pay raise in 20 years.

we are asking you for 4.5 percent pay raise in this budget request

We had to make some tough but responsible choices, and we prioritized near-term readiness.

This is about the rules-based international order.